The Mech Lord

Dean's Office, Academy.

The Dean calmly sat on his chair looking at the lady in front of him. She was one of the students who had graduated from this very Academy. But, it was a pity that she ended up..

Dean Valen shook his head with a sigh as the lady's voice rang in the room.

"You are endangering the student's life by letting the classes go on.."

This lady was none other than Vanessa.

"Miss Regalia, I don't want you to teach me my ways of running the Academy. This is not your Temple of Light.." Valen looked at her with a calm gaze, and Vanessa's expression changed.

She understood what was going on here. Valen was not happy with how the Temple of Light had interfered and used its influence to help Vanessa secure a temporary place in the Academy.

Valen even had a faint idea why the Temple had sent her here. It definitely had something to do with the library incident.

Hence, he had paid special attention and erased all kinds of evidence relating to it. There was no way that she was going to find anything about it.

What was even more amusing was that the student involved in the incident was someone very close to her.

It was Aiden, and his friend, Harry as well.

She was definitely not going to suspect a person who was practically by her side all day long. He even had deliberately made sure that the two were put together in her class. The closer they were to her, the lesser she would suspect them.

"You really don't know what's going on, Dean?" Vanessa asked him with a serious gaze, but the man in front just shook his head calmly.

"We are still investigating. It's most likely some work of a student. But, if you think of it as otherwise, then I am all ears." He raised his head to look at her. There was no sign of him faking his words.

'He definitely is a tough nut to crack…' Vanessa muttered inwardly. She had been informed by the Bishop to keep an eye on the Dean and be wary of him. This man had never been the type to cooperate. And, no one knew whose side he was on.

"What if another student dies due to your carelessness?" She further asked him with a frown, refusing to back down. She was stubborn as hell.

"This is how I run this place. No one has questioned me in years. If you or any other student have a problem with my way of doing things, you can leave the Academy. No one is going to stop you."

Vanessa clenched her fist as her face twitched in anger.

"I guess there is nothing I can do to convince you then. But, if I find anyone responsible for the incident or trying to manipulate things behind the scenes, I won't spare him.." She looked at the Dean, her words were definitely a threat.

"It's the same here…" Valen looked at her and smiled, "You have been one of our bright students. So, I won't take your words as otherwise. But.." The Dean suddenly paused and his smile vanished as his expression changed into a serious one, "If the Temple wants to mess with my students for their own agenda…then I won't be polite anymore.."

"You don't need to worry that, the Temple protects everyone.." Vanessa replied with a calm look on her face.

"You are too young.." Valen shook his head with a laugh. He clearly didn't seem to agree with her.

Vanessa looked at him once more, and then went ahead on her way.

It wasn't like she didn't understand Dean's thoughts. There was a darker side to everything, but she still believed in the Temple. If not for it, the Universe wouldn't have been as peaceful as it is now.

She would have been dead as well.

Nor would her parents be avenged. There was a need for the Temple, and a need to make it even stronger. So, cases like her and a lot others could be prevented in the future. That was the reason that she had joined the Temple of Light, and dedicated herself to their cause.

It was a tough decision on her part to leave the Silvers and Gloria to be a part of a different entity but she had made her decision long ago. She had always been committed to it, and hence when the time came, she went with it.

It was true that people looked down on her, and talked bad about her for leaving her own nation who nurtured her. It was bound to happen as she was one of the greatest talents that Gloria had ever seen. And, to think that such a person was taken by the Temple. It definitely had to hurt.

Some people had even expected her to become the first Female Marshal in Gloria's Military and make history. But, those dreams and expectations had surely come shattering down when she had left.

Vanessa walked down the hallway heading towards her class as she sighed, and closed her eyes.

She was actually afraid of something happening to the students, and her worry multiplied when thinking of the fact that Aiden, Amelia and Aaron were all in the Academy as well. She had already lost her family once, and she didn't want to go through it once again.

Even now when she closed her eyes, she could remember the voice of her little brother ringing in her ears before the tragedy struck on the Regalia's Planet. The Planet which was under her father's Lordship.

It was one of the first planet's to be attacked in Gloria's territory.

Before help could arrive at large, there was nothing much left to protect. She had almost lost everything. Her Younger brother died when their house collapsed in the attack, she had seen him getting crushed right in front of her eyes.

The reason why she always poked fun at Leo was related to his current behavior. It kind of resembled a lot like her brother. It was a pity that this guy just didn't seem interested in socializing. Hence, she tried everything she could do to attract his attention.

Back then, it was already devastating enough for her, but it only got worse when she heard that her parents had passed away as well.

There was no one left for her anymore. She was totally heartbroken, with nothing but hatred for that man who was behind all of this.

The Demon King…

His mere name would make her go crazy.

She swore in her heart to kill everyone related to that man. You can call it revenge, justice, or craziness. She didn't mind. She knew one thing for sure, nothing good would come when that man's name was mentioned.

Even through the course of all these years, his name had popped up quite a few times, and each time, it had caused a disaster.

It had gotten worse to the point that people had made his name a taboo. It wasn't allowed to be said.

And now, there were traces of that man's will detected around Gloria. How could she ignore that?

It was probably one of the worst news that she had heard in her entire life ever since the war.

There were only a few reasons for a person's will to appear.

First and the obvious it was that person himself. It was impossible since the source said that the man was dead for sure.

Secondly, some kind of device that could store his will. This possibility couldn't be denied as the Demon King was known for his weird other dimension technology.

The last, was passing down one's will. In simple words, a successor.

She hoped that it was the second possibility. Because if it was any one of the other two, the Universe would once again plunge into chaos.

'No matter what it is, I will definitely deal with it. If it is a device, I will destroy it. If it is his successor, I will kill him..' A cold look appeared in Vanessa's eyes. She sure wasn't going to show mercy even if it was a two year old.

The hatred in her eyes was evident.

…

"Achoo!" Leo rubbed his nose.

"Someone is thinking about you it seems." Harry smiled at Leo.

[Well, you have offended so many people. I bet it's one of them-nya.] Aiden replied with a laugh, [But, don't worry we will deal with them one at a time-nya.]

"Woah! Look! Someone has bet heavily on you!" Harry was surprised as he looked at the betting pool for the upcoming fight for Leo.

Leo looked over his shoulder and there was indeed one person who had bet heavily on him.

"He is coming towards us.." Harry suddenly noticed Billy walking down the podium and coming towards them.

"What are you afraid of now? You are his right hand man, did you forget it?" Leo looked at the guy who was sweating nervously.

Billy finally came up to them, and turned his head towards Leo, "I heard you were going to have a fight."

Well, with the betting pool open, the story sure had spread through the entire Academy.